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Chapter 10

"Wonderful!" Paige said, when she sat with her sisters at the breakfast table on Monday morning. "A week-end without demons."

"Yes, you're right, but what shall we do with this Quasta?" Piper pointed out.

"If we like it or not, I guess we'll have to wait until he'll take action the next time. And we'll try to be faster that time." Phoebe said.

"I'm wondering, what the use of it was. I mean, what did Quasta get out of it?" Paige asked her sisters.

Phoebe nodded. "There was no point in keeping her alive. He had the chance to kill her."

Piper looked at her and said. "Perhaps you have disturbed him early enough."

"No, I don't think so. He has had enough time to kill her before I arrived. But it seems to me, that he wasn't interested in it."

"I hope Debra is fine again. It must be hard to loose a part of your past." Paige mentioned.

"By the way 'past'. Did Cole already get into touch with you?" Piper changed the subject.

"Cole?" Phoebe swallowed the wrong way and had to cough. "Whatever makes you think of that?"

Piper and Paige looked at her sceptically. "Well, I can't imagine, that he had changed so much, that he leaves the matter aside."

"Which matter?" Phoebe asked and looked shocked. Where did they know from, that she had met him on Friday? Did she blab out anything? Phoebe brooded, when Piper continued "He probably wants to know, what has happened to Debra or why you have been there."

"Oh that!" Phoebe said in relief. "He called me and I cleared it up."

"Really and how?" Paige joined in the conversation again.

"I explained him everything." Phoebe said, while Paige and Piper looked at her impatiently. "I have told him, that I'm a medium and that I had to rescue the woman." she looked at her sister smugly.

"What?" they yelled simultaneous, "Are you crazy?"

"Why? You can calm down, he didn't believe a word of it. He thinks I'm a little bit mad, ought to be certified." Phoebe laughed.

"How can you be so sure of it?" Paige wasn't convinced.

"I'm positive about it. It was written all over his face."

"I thought he had called you!" Piper added.

Phoebe groaned "Don't take everything word-to-word. Well then, I heard it." She saw, that her sisters weren't convinced of this answer. So she tried it again. "He didn't believe in supernatural at all."

"Oh, is that so?" Paige asked sarcastically.

To calm them down, Phoebe told them about Cole's visit to the psychiatrist. "You see, he didn't even believe in rebirth. You really don't have to worry."

"You've got to watch him, Phoebe. We have to be careful. Okay, Cole isn't a demon anymore, but he is a reporter now." Piper pointed out, and her look showed, that that was awful enough.

"There isn't a problem, Piper. I won't see him again." Phoebe told her convinced. Unfortunately she knew that it wasn't the truth. She was glad, that she hasn't heard anything of him yet, but she knew, that he would take her back her things. And to her dismay, she remembered that she had told him, that he was Cole. He wouldn't let that rest. Phoebe decided not to bother her sisters with it, they already worried enough about her. Suddenly she had to sneeze.

"Bless you!" Paige said.

"Thanks!"

"You probably caught a cold while your adventure on Friday." Piper meant.

"Yes, unfortunately it seems so. I haven't got time for it right now." Phoebe said disgruntled and took a handkerchief.

"You should drink a hot citron." Piper suggested helpfully. "It can work wonders."

"Yeah, that's a good idea." Phoebe was glad, that the subject wasn't Cole anymore, but her cold.

"Will you still go to work?" Paige wanted to know.

"Of course, it's not that bad." Phoebe said. Other problems were much worse.

All the weekend, Kevin tried not to think about Phoebe or Cole. Slowly he got used to it, he thought cynically. He wasn't sure, if he was really Cole. Although it could be logical, or couldn't it? There was still a time problem, finally he couldn't have been in two towns at the same time. Kevin decided not to rack his brain over questions, he could ask Phoebe directly. He had sent her dress to the cleaners and decided to give her things back to her on Monday. Because he preferred to meet her in the paper and not at home.

On Monday at the first free moment he took the phone. He hoped that Phoebe would be in her office. He dialed her number and was lucky, that she was already there.

"Hello Phoebe, here is.." he stopped shortly and decided on "Kevin."

"Oh Hi," she said unhappy, she had known it, at least he only called. "What do you want?"

Well, that didn't sound very enthusiastic, Kevin thought, but he wouldn't let it put him off. "How are you? Do you have a lot of work today?"

What was he playing at? Phoebe wondered. But alright, so she didn't have to think of a better excuse. "Yes, recently I'm really very busy!" and you are disturbing me, she thought and hoped that her brusque tone made it clear to him. But it didn't seem so.

"Okay, but will you have some time to meet me today?"

"No, I'm sorry, but I have no time."

"But we should meet. Some time next week." Why did he sound so imploring, he wondered angrily.

"I think that's a bad idea." She tried to brush him off.

"But we have to talk!" He declared. What was she thinking about?

"I don't know about what." She told him categorically.

She wasn't serious, was she? Probably she had only a bad day today, he tried to calm down. "I have some questions, and I want to give you back your things, you have left in the cabin."

"Oh, my things. Well, you know, you can send them to me."

"Send?"

"Yes, I'll pay the postage of course."

"The postage, really?" Kevin couldn't believe his ears. "That's a relief, thank goodness!" he said cynically, that was getting more and more peculiar.

Phoebe used the following pause to tell Kevin, who was still confused "Well, I have to work now." And without another word she hanged up.

"Phoebe?" he said surprised, but he could only hear the noise in the line. Wow, that was a rebuff, he never met before. He wondered what was biting her. But no matter what, he wouldn't give up that easily. He already wanted to call her again, when he changed his mind. Next time he would drop in in person. Then he could see, what was the problem. If she really thought, that he was her violent ex-husband, they would sort it out. He needed answers, she had to accept that. He had the right to know, who he was and she knew everything. Therefore she had to answer his questions, that was obvious, he thought grimly.

He took Phoebe's journal and searched for the address of the paper. When he found it, he remembered something. He looked at his calendar. Yes, there it was. Tomorrow morning he'll have an appointment with a scientist for an interview about a research project. By change the building was quite near to the Bay Mirror. He smiled, she wouldn't get rid of him so easily. After his interview, he would drop by at her office. To send her things? She was joking of course. Probably he only called her at the wrong moment.

When Phoebe didn't hear anything of Cole anymore, she drew a deep breath. Perhaps her flat refusal was off-putting for him. She couldn't imagine, but who knows, perhaps he became more reasonable because of his amnesia. She groaned, that was only wishful thinking. Finally he was a reporter now, therefore he would be as stubborn as before. But she could handle him.